Tunisia's Top 2% Scientists 2025

Tunisia has 81 scientists on the 2025 single-year Top 2% list, up 3.8% from 78 in 2024. That places Tunisia 68th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax has the most listed scientists (11), followed by University of Sfax (7).

Single Year

+3 (+3.8%) vs 2024

Career Data

+6 (+15.0%) vs 2024

World rank by count

#68

down 1 place vs 2024

Institutes

+13 (+50.0%) vs 2024

Scientists in Tunisia on the list, by year

The single-year count has more than doubled since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+33.3%

2022+1.9%

2023+17.0%

2024+25.8%

2025+3.8%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	39		15
2021	52	+33.3%	23	+53.3%
2022	53	+1.9%	27	+17.4%
2023	62	+17.0%	28	+3.7%
2024	78	+25.8%	40	+42.9%
2025	81	+3.8%	46	+15.0%

Top 10 institutes in Tunisia

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Rank in Tunisia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	4,770	Krichen, Moez	University of Sfax	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 250
2	9,541	TE Talbi, Emna Ghazali	Faculté de Médecine de Tunis	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 465
3	12,092	NM Nasri, Moncef	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Food Science	Rank 107
4	27,881	Ben Jebli, Mehdi	Faculté des Sciences Juridiques, Economiques et de Gestion de Jendouba	Environmental Sciences	Rank 610
5	35,394	BS Boufi, Sami	Faculté des Sciences de Sfax	Polymers	Rank 292
6	48,694	SL Sellaoui, Lotfi	Université de Monastir	Chemical Engineering	Rank 358
7	56,765	CO Cheikhrouhou, Omar	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 628
8	57,374	KH Khlif, Hichem	University of Sfax	Accounting	Rank 127
9	59,681	KM Ksibi, Mohamed	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,335
10	69,794	KK Khwaldia, Khaoula	Institut National de Recherche et d'Analyse Physico-Chimique	Food Science	Rank 797
11	71,556	SB Souayeh, Basma	Université de Tunis El Manar	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 711
12	75,129	BS Berraies, Sarra	Institut Supérieur de Gestion de Tunis	Business & Management	Rank 1,723
13	78,101	AF Amri, Fethi	Université de Gabès	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,783
14	79,428	AM Aouadi, Moncef	University of Carthage, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Bizerte	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 774
15	83,534	SS Smaoui, Slim	Centre de Biotechnologie de Sfax	Food Science	Rank 1,003
16	88,647	KR Ksouri, Riadh	Centre de Biotechnologie de Borj Cédria	Food Science	Rank 1,085
17	91,567	AH Aydi, Hassen	Université de Sousse	General Mathematics	Rank 448
18	92,189	Noureddine, Issaoui	Université de Monastir	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,099
19	94,997	AH Attia, Hamadi	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Food Science	Rank 1,180
20	95,773	Bougatef, Ali	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Food Science	Rank 1,196
21	99,273	JM Jridi, Mourad	Université de Jendouba	Food Science	Rank 1,233
22	109,047	JA Jemni, Abdelmajid	Ecole Nationale d'Ingenieurs de Monastir	Energy	Rank 3,363
23	110,419	LN Lassoued, Naima	Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Tunis	Business & Management	Rank 2,386
24	115,125	Moakher, Maher	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis, Laboratoire de Modélisation Mathématique et Numérique dans les Sciences de l'Ingénieur	Applied Mathematics	Rank 300
25	116,199	Besbes, Souhail	University of Sfax	Food Science	Rank 1,478
26	122,944	Farhani, Sahbi	Université de Sousse	Energy	Rank 3,856
27	122,996	HM Hamdi, Moktar	University of Carthage, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologie	Biotechnology	Rank 525
28	128,501	EL El-Mir, Lassaad Mabrouk	Université de Gabès	Applied Physics	Rank 2,437
29	132,000	SA Smiti, Abir	Université de Tunis	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 5,542
30	135,464	BS Ben Slama, Sami	Université de Tunis El Manar, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis	Energy	Rank 4,245
31	137,718	CH Cthourou, Hamdi C.	Institut Supérieur du Sport et de l'Education Physique de Sfax	Sport Sciences	Rank 612
32	141,933	Euchi, Jalel	Université de Gafsa	Operations Research	Rank 627
33	142,851	KI Khanchel, Imen	Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Tunis	Business & Management	Rank 2,946
34	145,735	CA Chaouachi, Anis	République Tunisienne Ministère de la Jeunesse, des Sports et de l'Éducation Physique	Sport Sciences	Rank 652
35	146,846	YI Younes, Islem	Centre de Biotechnologie de Borj Cédria	Polymers	Rank 1,513
36	148,700	AM Alimi, M. Adel	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 6,205
37	150,225	Ben Hamida, Mohamed Bechir	Université de Sousse	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,434
38	154,911	CF Chaari Fourati, Lamia Chaari	University of Sfax	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,893
39	155,290	AC Abdelly, Chédly	Centre de Biotechnologie de Borj Cédria	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,633
40	157,884	Sebri, Maamar	Université de Sousse	Energy	Rank 5,004
41	160,051	AC Aouiti, Chaouki	University of Carthage	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 6,682
42	167,378	KM Khairallah, Moncef	CHU Fattouma-Bourguiba	Ophthalmology & Optometry	Rank 817
43	178,342	BY Bouteraa, Yassine Saleh	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 1,902
44	186,866	BN Ben Nasrallah, Sassi	Ecole Nationale d'Ingenieurs de Monastir	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,818
45	189,146	ZA Zaguia, Atef	Institut Supérieur des Sciences Humaines de Jendouba	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 7,831
46	196,889	RK Ramzi, Khiari	Université de Monastir	Polymers	Rank 2,111
47	206,459	Makhlouf, Abdellatif Ben	University of Sfax	General Mathematics	Rank 1,070
48	206,784	MR Marzouki, Riadh	University of Sfax	Energy	Rank 6,647
49	208,375	HA Houas, Ammar	Université de Gabès	Applied Physics	Rank 4,030
50	214,608	HS Hajji, Sawssen	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Polymers	Rank 2,339
51	215,492	BF Brini, Faïçal	Centre de Biotechnologie de Sfax	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 3,736
52	218,134	AH Abidi, Hammadi	Université de Tunis	General Mathematics	Rank 1,141
53	224,641	Ben Saad, Helmi	Université de Sousse	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,668
54	225,537	MA Mezni, Amine	University of Carthage, Faculté des Sciences de Bizerte	Applied Physics	Rank 4,376
55	231,238	ZS Zghal, Souhir	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 2,265
56	232,308	BH Ben Hsouna, Anis	Institut Supérieur des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologie de Mahdia	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 4,061
57	236,708	AS Ammar, Salah S.	Université de Gabès	Applied Physics	Rank 4,635
58	238,597	BA Belazi, Akram	Université de Tunis El Manar, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,997
59	250,976	Gritli, Hassène	Univesity of Carthage, Institut Supérieur des Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 10,275
60	256,466	BS Ben Salem, Hichem	University of Carthage, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique de Tunisie	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 752
61	260,497	DF Dammak, F.	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 2,529
62	263,537	HY Hamed, Younes	International Association of Water Resources in the Southern Mediterranean Basin	Environmental Engineering	Rank 1,688
63	265,071	BA Bahrouni, Anouar	Faculté des Sciences de Monastir	General Mathematics	Rank 1,391
64	280,213	SB Soufiene, Ben Othman	Université de Sousse	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 3,570
65	288,693	MH Marouani, Houda	University of Carthage, Faculté des Sciences de Bizerte	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 1,201
66	297,130	HM Haddar, Mohamed Ben Jamel	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 2,880
67	305,372	Rejeb, Karim	University of Carthage, Faculté des Sciences de Bizerte	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 3,918
68	315,159	HH Hadj Hassine, Ikbel	Institut Supérieur de Biotechnologie de Monastir	Virology	Rank 1,443
69	357,574	SE Srasra, Ezzeddine	Centre National de Recherches en Sciences des Matériaux	General Chemistry	Rank 701
70	395,468	BA Bouattour, Ali	Institut Pasteur de Tunis	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 560
71	411,416	MH Mrabet, Hichem	Université de Tunis El Manar, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 1,266
72	437,428	HM Hsaïri, Mohamed	Faculté de Médecine de Tunis	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 4,901
73	457,110	HS Hcini, Sobhi	Université de Kairouan	Applied Physics	Rank 9,309
74	474,852	TY Trabelsi, Youssef	Université de Tunis El Manar, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 1,507
75	487,415	GM Gharbi, Mohamed Lazhar	Ecole Nationale de Médecine Vétérinaire	Veterinary Sciences	Rank 1,114
76	523,834	EH El Hajji, Miled	Université de Tunis El Manar, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis	Applied Mathematics	Rank 1,196
77	628,410	BR Ben Romdhane, Habiba	Faculté de Médecine de Tunis	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 6,831
78	648,221	Dhouib, Souhail	University of Sfax	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 25,889
79	652,727	DC Dziri, Chadli	Faculté de Médecine de Tunis	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 7,067
80	707,593	Selmi, Bilel	Faculté des Sciences de Monastir	General Mathematics	Rank 3,875
81	708,819	BB Ben Bechir, Mohamed	Université de Gafsa	Applied Physics	Rank 14,921
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Tunisia are in the 2025 Stanford Top 2% list?

81 scientists affiliated with Tunisia are on the 2025 single-year list, and 46 are on the career-long list.

Which institute in Tunisia has the most Top 2% scientists?

On the 2025 single-year list, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax has the most listed scientists from Tunisia, with 11. It is followed by University of Sfax with 7.

How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Tunisia changed since 2020?

On the single-year list, Tunisia went from 39 scientists in 2020 to 81 in 2025, a change of +107.7%.

What is the difference between the single-year and career-long lists?

The single-year list ranks scientists on the citations their work received in one year. The career-long list ranks them on citations across their whole career. Both lists are published every year, and a scientist can be on one, both or neither.

What is the official source of this data?

The rankings come from the science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators published by Ioannidis et al. in the Elsevier Data Repository, updated every year. TOPSCINET, an independent platform, organises that data by country, year, institute and field, so you can compare and explore it.